Although the weather may not have shown it until recently, spring is here.
All of the social clubs on campus participated in the All CLub Rush on Monday to welcome prospective rushees with food and drinks, and the opportunity for those interested in rushing to meet and get to know members of all the different clubs.
“It’s very laid back, it’s very fun. It’s a great way to meet the members and start to gain a little perspective on what clubs are all about and what club you might want to rush in the fall,” said Mark Jackson, associate director of Student Organizations and Programs.
During the two weeks following the All Club Rush there will be several more opportunities for students interested in pledging to continue to interact with clubs they are interested in and to get to know each club’s members. Each club will have one rush per week starting April 9-11 and April 15 – 18.
“We encourage the pledges to go to as many rushes as they can to get a better idea of what they want to do,” Jackson said.
This year there will be two new spring rush activities including the Pack the Park rush which will take place April 18 at 2 p.m. as well as the Devotional rush which will take place April 21 at 8 p.m. at the Beauchamp Amphitheater.
“We had a meeting last night with 250 plus students come, which was a lot more than last year. We opened the registration this morning and, to date, there are 190 students that are registered to pledge,” Jackson said.
“Spring rushes have a little more of a laid back atmosphere where potential pledges can come and get a feel for every club on campus with less of a time crunch and get to know everybody and also give them the summer to think about their decision in the fall and go home over summer and see what their friends want to do, what they want to do, and have a mindset going into fall rushes,” said Nick Nolan, senior accounting major from North Richland Hills and Skipper of Sub T-16.
“I remember being super nervous during spring rushing, kind of being hesitant about going up and introducing myself, but the people that I met made it much easier to go out and shake hands and greet people, and kind of see how I fit in with the different groups,” said Elliot Nolan, senior accounting major from North Richland Hills and 1st Mate of Sub T-16.
Jackson as well as Nick and Elliot Nolan all agreed that the best thing potential pledges can do during this time is to be themselves during spring rushing and to go to as many rushes as they can in order to get a feel for which club they think would be the best fit for them.
